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package au.com.domlogic.pvc.core.component;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;

/**
 * This interface represents a {@link DocumentFragment} conceptualized as a
 * Component of a {@link Document}.  It provides a method, which is implemented
 * by logic to insert ("glue") the component into the document.  It is intended
 * that a {@link PVCComponent} is decorated by a {@link PVCComponentDecorator},
 * following the Decorator Pattern.
 *
 * @author Domenic Figliomeni
 */
public interface PVCComponent extends DocumentFragment {

    /**
     * This method applies any decorators from the {@link PVCComponent} to the
     * {@link DocumentFragment}.
     * 
     * @return The {@link DocumentFragment}.
     */
    public DocumentFragment gluePVC();
}
